Wliroow-cubtaln holder



I. E. WAGGONER.

WINDOW CURTAIN HOLDER. APPLICATION mzo MAY 23. 1915.

Patnted June 17, 1919.

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WINDOW-CURTAIN HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 17, 1919,

Application area my 23, 1316. Serial No. 99,399.

To all whom it may 00mm;-

Be it known that I, IRA -E. WAGGONER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county ofFayette and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Window-Curtain Holders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in window curtain holders.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwindow cur tain holders and to provide a simple, practical andcomparatively inexpensive window curtain holder adapted to be readilyapplied to windows and is equipped with means for supporting the lacecurtains or other draperies of a window and capable of being operated toswing the curtains or draperies to and from the window so as to entirelyremove the draperies from the window when it is desired to clean thesame or to obtain access to the window for any other purpose. It is alsothe object of the invention to provide simple and eiiicient means for 4securely holding the lace curtains or other draperies at a window toprevent them from being accidentally blown out of proper position.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimhereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of pair of lace curtain holdersconstructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to awindow,

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the upper portion of one of theholder parts being in section, I

Fig. 3 is a detail vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1,and

Fig. 4. is a detail sectional view illustrating theoonstruction of theadjustable or extensible section.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the lower bracket.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts of the severalfigures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention the curtain holder comprises in itsconstruction a vertically disposed combined operating and pintle rodjournaled in bearing openings 2 and 3 of upper and lower bearingbrackets 4. and 5 and provided at the top with a forwardly or outwardlyextending approximately L-shaped arm 6 tain supporting arm 7. Thecurtain supporting arm 7 which is disposed transversely of a window 8 asclearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing is designed to extend tothe center of the top thereof as shown and attached with an extensiblestub shaft 9 constructed of tubular metal slidably mounted on the arm 7and provided with a head 10 preferably consisting of an ornamental ballor disk and adapted to prevent a curtain from slipping off the holder.The outer portion 11 of the L-shaped arm 6 extends downwardly and isadapted to enable the lace curtain to be properly positioned at thewindow but the said arm may be of any desired length and the outerportion may extend in any direction for this purpose.

The upper bearing bracket is approximately L-shaped and the lowerbearing bracket which is similarly constructed is provided with anoutwardly extending portion 14: having the said bearing opening 3 andlaterally enlarged and split from the attaching portion or body of thelower bracket to form a resilient clamping jaw 12" which is bentdownwardly and extended forwardly beneath the outwardly projectingportion of the lower bracket to clamp an operating handle or arm 13formed by bending the lower terminal portion of the rod 1 at rightangles. The horizontally project ing portion 14: of the lower bearing.bracket constitutes a jaw and the lower resilient jaw 12 is curved asshown to clamp the operating arm vyieldably between it and the said j aw14. The outer end of the resilient jaw 12 is slightly curved andextended away which carrles a transversely disposed cur from thehorizontal portion 14 of the lower bracket to form a flaring mouth orentrance to enable the handle of the rod to be readily swung into anengagement with the clamp.

What is claimed is A curtain holder comprising pairs of upper and lowerbrackets, vertically disposed operating rods ournaled through thebrackets, horizontal curtain rods connected to the operating rods andadapted to be po sitioned in front of a window, locking devices formedintegral with said lower brackets and including a strip having a centralportion bent upon itself and its outer portion bent to provide a springclamp, and locking arms carried by the lower terminals of said verticalrods and adapted to be engaged by said locking devices.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IRA EDW. WAGGDNER. Witnesses:

J. M."MORRIS, H. E. BEATTY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

